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    #5042
    Stewball
    Registered Users Posts: 655 ✭✭✭Stewball


    muffler wrote: »
    I would rather watch grown men taking the knocks (and giving them) while still playing on instead of over-paid snowflakes dropping to the ground from imaginary tackles :)

    That's right up there with Sean O'Brien's nonsense earlier in the week.:rolleyes:


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    #5043
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    There are at least 1,000 places on Boards to debate football v rugby, this isn’t it.


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    #5044
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Premier Sports obtains Irish rights to Autumn Nations Cup rugby games not involving Ireland.

    https://www.premiersports.com/autumn-nations-cup


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    #5045
    cunnijo
    Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭cunnijo


    An update


    The Premier League are to scrap the pay-per-view model. Therefore all games will be shown either on Sky or BT



    https://news.sky.com/story/premier-leagues-controversial-pay-per-view-model-to-be-scrapped-12124991


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    #5046
    Widescreen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Widescreen


    The Covid 19 Premier league should scrap the Saturday Night and Sunday night matches, let's face it that is a time most people who watch a lot of football will have used for family time!

    Put three matches on at 3 pm on Saturday's and give us at least a bit of that Saturday afternoon excitement back. If we have access to all three so be it, if not we'll survive watching one!

    Especially now as they have given up on the PPV extortion racket.


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    #5047
    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    icdg wrote: »
    Premier Sports obtains Irish rights to Autumn Nations Cup rugby games not involving Ireland.

    https://www.premiersports.com/autumn-nations-cup


    - I wonder did Virgin Media Sports even put in a bid. Would have been a nice addition.


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    #5048
    mike2084
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭mike2084


    Delta2113 wrote: »
    - I wonder did Virgin Media Sports even put in a bid. Would have been a nice addition.

    Amazon have those games in the UK so it's probably just an extension of their PL partnership.


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    #5049
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,301 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    icdg wrote: »
    Premier Sports obtains Irish rights to Autumn Nations Cup rugby games not involving Ireland.

    https://www.premiersports.com/autumn-nations-cup

    I heard that Ryle Nugent has been signed up to be the presenter of these matches which do not involve Ireland on Premier Sports.

    Rob Kearney has signed up to be a studio analyst for these non Ireland matches. While it's great news for them both personally because it would be the 1st time ever in their sports presenting careers that they are doing in-studio work for Premier Sports. It could mean however that, if the Ireland matches are among simultaneous kick-offs among games being played in other countries on the same day for this tournament, Nugent probably would not be able to do the job of main rugby commentator for the Ireland matches on Channel 4 this year. Someone else like Miles Harrison might take up that role instead. It's interesting news all the same.

    https://www.the42.ie/kearney-nugent-premier-sports-5254687-Nov2020/


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    #5050
    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    mike2084 wrote: »
    Amazon have those games in the UK so it's probably just an extension of their PL partnership.

    Sorry don't understand your point. If it was an extension Amazon would have them in Rep of Ireland as well. Is that what you mean?

    PL - do you mean Premier League? If so this would have nothing to do with the Rugby.


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    #5051
    wadacrack
    Registered Users Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Delta2113 wrote: »
    Sorry don't understand your point. If it was an extension Amazon would have them in Rep of Ireland as well. Is that what you mean?

    PL - do you mean Premier League? If so this would have nothing to do with the Rugby.

    The Premier League does have something to do with what he's saying. This looks like the Rugby equivalent of the deal with Amazon/Premier Sports and the Premier League. I'd imagine Ireland can have rights holder's different from the UK one so they have probably come this agreement as it suits both parties. RTE obv have very limited rights and probably no interest in the other games


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    #5052
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    To be clear, the Premier League deal in Ireland is a direct sale from the Premier League to Premier Sports and not a sub license by Amazon. There are Premier League games Premier Sports have in Ireland that Amazon do not have the rights for in the U.K. and would therefore not be in position to sublicense.

    As far as I can tell it is simply coincidence that Premier Sports picked up the Irish rights in both instances.


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    #5053
    mike2084
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭mike2084


    Ah fair enough, I hadn't realised that the Premier League were dealing direct with Premier Sports I was thinking it was a sub-licence. So when I saw the rugby deal I put two and two together and came up with five :-)


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    #5054
    wadacrack
    Registered Users Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Great selection of Premier Leagues on Premier Sports

    https://www.premiersports.com/premierleague


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    #5055
    Acosta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Acosta


    I'm watching the Everton v Man City match on Premier Sports. I was wondering why there's the option of a match choice red button when there's currently no other league game on. I selected it and weirdly it took me to Sky Sports Championship match choice.


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    #5056
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,154 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Acosta wrote: »
    I'm watching the Everton v Man City match on Premier Sports. I was wondering why there's the option of a match choice red button when there's currently no other league game on. I selected it and weirdly it took me to Sky Sports Championship match choice.

    I just tried this myself and same thing. That’s pretty weird alright


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    #5057
    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,619 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    Dodge wrote: »
    I just tried this myself and same thing. That’s pretty weird alright

    Premier uses Sky's access capacity for the games - the red button in this case is bringing you to a transponder currently being used by Sky.


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    #5058
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Premier Sports becomes title sponsor of SPFL Cup.

    https://www.premiersports.com/sports/football/premier-sports-cup


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    #5059
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Well this is a biggy if true - Daily Telegraph reporting tonight that BT is looking to get out of sport and has put BT Sport, or at least a stake in it, up for sale.


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    #5060
    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    BT has appointed investment bank Lazard and held initial talks with companies including Dazn, Amazon, Disney and private equity companies over a potential investment in the business.


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    #5061
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Confirmed to the LSE this morning.

    https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/BT.A/discussions-in-relation-to-bt-sport/14957161

    Media reports suggesting the companies involved may be DAZN, Amazon, and ESPN/Disney. Of these the latter has a pre-existing programme supply and brand licensing deal with BT Sport which gives BT access to a large chunk of its US domestic rights (major exceptions being NFL and NBA). Amazon may be interested but I am not sure they want to get into traditional linear television on this scale and ditto for DAZN (and in the event DAZN do get the rights, do not expect that the self-proclaimed Netflix Of Sports will be charging Netflix prices - more likely double that with BT’s Premier League fees).


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    #5062
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Not a shock to be honest. They shelled out a massive sum for the EL/CL and while I've not seen the subscriber numbers it always felt like they'd overpaid for something not part of the core business.

    This must have been in the works well before the ESL notion was "launched" but maybe they felt the current tournaments have a less than secure future under UEFA's bungling administration.


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    #5063
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,301 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    This news could signal here that BT Sport are experiencing the same levels of trouble that Eir Sport have had here in Ireland because sports TV broadcasting worldwide has taken a hit during the pandemic. But BT Sport have more experience in being more open to taking on more partners to support it's business unlike Eir which have had a very bad track record with VM in more recent times.

    The article is noting that this stake in BT Sport is being offered as a way to expand their broadband network in the UK. I'm thinking here that whichever partner has the funds to take on this new stake; it has to provide more substantial amounts of money to fund further investment in BT's Infinity broadband network in the UK.

    If I was looking from a global business perspective; Amazon could be on the cards to eyeing this stake for BT Sport because Amazon are a multi-billion euro delivery company. However; I am struggling to see what incentives are on offer to BT Sport if they gave the new stake to Amazon. Maybe if Amazon would be able to take on more of BT Sport's PL matches for their UK audience; that move could enhance Premier Sports Ireland PL offering here in offering more matches to be shown on it's own channel.

    If a traditional broadcaster in the UK was to eye up a stake for BT Sport. I reckon that it could be ITV because of their huge record in broadcasting CL/EL football before BT took their rights. BT Sport did overpay for those rights to broadcast those games in the UK & Ireland after previously taking them from ITV & Sky a few years ago. ITV have also recently taken on the new FA Cup rights deal with the BBC which is to begin in the UK later this year.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0FzZ-pWEAQkg2A?format=jpg&name=large


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    #5064
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    I really think ESPN would be the number one candidate, it would be squaring the circular - so as ESPN begat BT Sport, they would be the ones to end it.

    I just think neither Amazon nor DAZN would want to take over a huge linear tv operation, nor that they would want into traditional broadcast TV on this scale. Amazon have always gone for small strategical important rights.

    Who can say really.


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    #5065
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,301 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    Just as I suspected; ITV are in early talks to take up a stake in BT Sport.

    https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/itv-leads-race-to-acquire-bt-sport-stake

    There's talk of them taking back some UFEA Champions League matches again. This move could prove interesting if it comes true.


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    #5066
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    Just as I suspected; ITV are in early talks to take up a stake in BT Sport.

    https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/itv-leads-race-to-acquire-bt-sport-stake

    There's talk of them taking back some UFEA Champions League matches again. This move could prove interesting if it comes true.

    It would be great if ITV started showing the Champions League again.


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    #5067
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Reported today in the London Times that ITV won’t be taking discussions in relation to BT Sport any further.

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/itv-set-to-rule-out-takeover-of-bt-sport-7b7kzl6tr


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    #5068
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    icdg wrote: »
    Reported today in the London Times that ITV won’t be taking discussions in relation to BT Sport any further.

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/itv-set-to-rule-out-takeover-of-bt-sport-7b7kzl6tr

    Great news ITV are a shambles for sport. Would love to see Amazon take it over their sports coverage is excellent.


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    #5069
    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,619 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    icdg wrote: »
    Reported today in the London Times that ITV won’t be taking discussions in relation to BT Sport any further.

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/itv-set-to-rule-out-takeover-of-bt-sport-7b7kzl6tr

    Interestingly ITV 4 are to carry full coverage of the French Moto GP, Moto 2 & 3 live next weekend - previously BT had exclusive coverage.

    It's not known if this is a one off.


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    #5070
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    They will have the British Grand Prix too.

    https://motorsportbroadcasting.com/2021/05/08/live-motogp-to-return-to-free-to-air-tv-in-two-race-deal-with-itv4/


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    #5071
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭mikeym


    What happens if no one is interested in buying a stake in Bt Sport?


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